From Geordie Shore and TOWIE to Tinie Tempah and The Office – meet the American woman obsessed with British culture.
Podcast host Fatou, from Los Angeles, admits she grew up desperate to be from the UK, so she immersed herself in everything to do with the country.
Her taste in music, the TV shows she watched and even the celebrities she liked had a British influence, to the point that people online are asking to be named an “honorary Brit.”
A TikTok that he published under handle @fa2chainzwhich reveals its fascination, has already been seen by more than 1.2 million people.
The American captioned the clip: “I’m English girls, I don’t care.” I love those beans and toast!’
From Geordie Shore and TOWIE to Tinie Tempah and The Office: Meet the American woman obsessed with British culture
Explaining how her love for the UK began, she explained: ‘Okay, am I the only American who randomly decided to become British in middle or high school?
‘I was obsessed with Jersey Shore like everyone else. As I was watching, I realized there’s a British version of the show called Geordie Shore and I thought, ‘Geordie Shore, what is that?’
“Then I heard about this wonderful mystical place called Newcastle and I thought, ‘That’s what a Geordie is!’
“While watching the show, I hear the theme song and in the theme song this girl says a line.”
Fatou pulls up a clip of Geordie Shore star Holly Hagan talking about her breasts and continues: “She says, ‘This one’s called Heidi and this one’s Audrina, and every time that song comes on she says ‘Heidi and Audrina are eating your ass off.'” heart.’ ‘These are the babies.’
‘I thought, what does that mean? Heidi and Audrina from The Hills, is that some kind of British slang?
‘When I Google it, I discover it’s from a line in a Tinie Tempah song called Pass Out. I thought who is Tinie Tempah? I’ve never heard of him.
‘So I played the song and I fell in love with it, so I listened to the whole Disc-Overy album, it’s still one of my favorite albums. I was absolutely obsessed.’
Podcast host Fatou, from Los Angeles, admits she grew up desperate to be from the UK, so she immersed herself in everything to do with the country.
The influencer admits she quickly finished all the seasons of Geordie Shore that were available at the time and “needed more.”
Fatou said: “So I started watching all these British reality shows: SuperSize versus SuperSkinny, Secret Eaters, The Only Way is Essex.”
‘Of course it was annoying, I would make being British my whole personality. I would speak with a British accent in class.
“People would be talking about, ‘Oh, the celebrity I like is Justin Bieber, I love Zac Efron, and I just… have you ever heard of Peter Andre?’
‘I listened to the whole Tinie Tempah album. I started listening to Dizzee Rascal and all these other British rappers from that era.’
Laughing, she recalled: “I would be very unpleasant and upset about it. People asked, “What music are you listening to?” and I’d say ‘This British girl group.’
‘They asked me ‘Oh, the Spice Girls?’ and I was like, ‘No, I’m listening to Girls Aloud, I’m listening to All Saints.’
And don’t get me started on The Office. As soon as everyone became obsessed with The Office, I was more like, “The British version is better, the British version is much funnier.”
In the comments, the British could not contain their surprise at the “impressive” amount of specific information that the American citizen knows.
‘Although I think the American version is better now, back then it was annoying.
‘Every time I heard Tinie Tempah or another rapper reference something in a song, I had to Google it.
‘When he said, ‘Would you risk it for a chocolate chip cookie?’ I was like, what does that mean? I look in google.
“When he said, ‘She likes to talk a lot, that’s why I call her Trisha,’ I thought, ‘Who the fuck is Trisha?’ I found out who Trisha Goddard was.
By learning every obscure reference, the Los Angeles native became a pro when it came to British pop culture.
She continued: ‘Even with the books I had to be annoying, are they reading Harry Potter? I’m reading Angus, Thongs and Frontal Kisses. I’m reading Mates, Quotes and Inflatable Bras.
‘The way Jordan, Katie Price, strangled me. You can bet your bottom dollar he was watching Skins and The Inbetweeners.
“It even got to the point where when I was in high school, I was saying I was in ‘sixth form, preparing for my A-Levels’ – I don’t even know what the fuck that means.
‘To this day I don’t even know what GCSEs are. I haven’t gotten to that part.
Hilariously, she concludes the clip by revealing: “Imagine me obsessed with the UK, I love the UK. I’m finally going to London for the first time in my life. I get held up at London Gatwick airport for about eight hours, but that’s a story for another day.
In the comments, the British could not contain their surprise at the “impressive” amount of specific information that the American citizen knows.
One person from the UK wrote: “I’m really crying because you did it, like I wasn’t waiting for Tinie Tempah, Peter Andre, Girl’s Aloud… JORDAN.”
Another wrote: ‘That was amazing. There must be an MA in British Culture you can do.
Meanwhile, a third added: ‘When you started that video I didn’t expect you to be a British expert! The question is: do you prepare tea correctly?
Impressed, others joked: “mate, you’re welcome here ANYTIME” and “Petition to become an honorary Brit.”
Someone else wrote: ‘You’re definitely an honorary Brit. Please tell me you’ve seen Gavin and Stacy and that you know James Corden like we do,” and another added: “This is perfection. The dedication! To get to Trisha Goddard? You did it.’